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DBMS > 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. IBM Cloudant vs. TigerGraph

System Properties Comparison 4D vs. Atos Standard Common Repository vs. Firebase Realtime Database vs. IBM Cloudant vs. TigerGraph

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Name4D infoformer name: 4th Dimension  Xexclude from comparisonAtos Standard Common Repository  Xexclude from comparisonFirebase Realtime Database  Xexclude from comparisonIBM Cloudant  Xexclude from comparisonTigerGraph  Xexclude from comparison
This system has been discontinued and will be removed from the DB-Engines ranking.
DescriptionApplication development environment with integrated database management systemHighly scalable database system, designed for managing session and subscriber data in modern mobile communication networksCloud-hosted realtime document store. iOS, Android, and JavaScript clients share one Realtime Database instance and automatically receive updates with the newest data.Database as a Service offering based on Apache CouchDBA complete, distributed, parallel graph computing platform supporting web-scale data analytics in real-time
Primary database modelRelational DBMSDocument store
Key-value store
Document storeDocument storeGraph DBMS
DB-Engines Ranking infomeasures the popularity of database management systemsranking trend
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Score2.58
Rank#108  Overall
#54  Relational DBMS
Score14.29
Rank#39  Overall
#6  Document stores
Score2.68
Rank#106  Overall
#20  Document stores
Score1.83
Rank#139  Overall
#13  Graph DBMS
Websitewww.4d.comatos.net/en/convergence-creators/portfolio/standard-common-repositoryfirebase.google.com/­products/­realtime-databasewww.ibm.com/­products/­cloudantwww.tigergraph.com
Technical documentationdeveloper.4d.comfirebase.google.com/­docs/­databasecloud.ibm.com/­docs/­Cloudantdocs.tigergraph.com
Developer4D, IncAtos Convergence CreatorsGoogle infoacquired by Google 2014IBM, Apache Software Foundation infoIBM acquired Cloudant in February 2014
Initial release19842016201220102017
Current releasev20, April 20231703
License infoCommercial or Open Sourcecommercialcommercialcommercialcommercialcommercial
Cloud-based only infoOnly available as a cloud servicenonoyesyesno
DBaaS offerings (sponsored links) infoDatabase as a Service

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Implementation languageJavaErlangC++
Server operating systemsOS X
Windows
LinuxhostedhostedLinux
Data schemeyesSchema and schema-less with LDAP viewsschema-freeschema-freeyes
Typing infopredefined data types such as float or dateyesoptionalyesnoyes
XML support infoSome form of processing data in XML format, e.g. support for XML data structures, and/or support for XPath, XQuery or XSLT.yesyesnonono
Secondary indexesyesyesyesyes
SQL infoSupport of SQLyes infoclose to SQL 92nononoSQL-like query language (GSQL)
APIs and other access methodsODBC
RESTful HTTP API infoby using 4D Mobile
SOAP webservices
LDAPAndroid
iOS
JavaScript API
RESTful HTTP API
RESTful HTTP/JSON APIGSQL (TigerGraph Query Language)
Kafka
RESTful HTTP/JSON API
Supported programming languages4D proprietary IDE
PHP
All languages with LDAP bindingsJava
JavaScript
Objective-C
C#
Java
JavaScript
Objective-C
PHP
Ruby
C++
Java
Server-side scripts infoStored proceduresyesnolimited functionality with using 'rules'View functions (Map-Reduce) in JavaScriptyes
TriggersyesyesCallbacks are triggered when data changesyesno
Partitioning methods infoMethods for storing different data on different nodesnoneSharding infocell divisionSharding
Replication methods infoMethods for redundantly storing data on multiple nodesMulti-source replicationyesMulti-source replication
Source-replica replication
MapReduce infoOffers an API for user-defined Map/Reduce methodsnonoyesyes
Consistency concepts infoMethods to ensure consistency in a distributed systemImmediate ConsistencyImmediate Consistency or Eventual Consistency depending on configurationEventual Consistency infoif the client is offline
Immediate Consistency infoif the client is online
Eventual Consistency
Foreign keys infoReferential integrityyesnononoyes infoRelationships in graphs
Transaction concepts infoSupport to ensure data integrity after non-atomic manipulations of dataACIDAtomic execution of specific operationsyesno infoatomic operations within a document possibleACID
Concurrency infoSupport for concurrent manipulation of datayesyesyesyes infoOptimistic lockingyes
Durability infoSupport for making data persistentyesyesyesyesyes
In-memory capabilities infoIs there an option to define some or all structures to be held in-memory only.noyesnono
User concepts infoAccess controlUsers and groupsLDAP bind authenticationyes, based on authentication and database rulesAccess rights for users can be defined per databaseRole-based access control

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